Pat Bertram, born and raised in Colorado, has become something of a nomad, looking for adventure in whatever comes her way -- writing, blogging, hiking, and road tripping in her vintage Volkswagen.

After the death of her life mate/soul mate in 2010, Pat used her blog - bertramsblog.com - to write about the experience of grief. Along the way she has received and replied to thousands of comments and emails from readers who have also lost a loved one, and in the process has come to the conclusion that much of the orthodoxy surrounding grief is simply wrong. She has written Grief: The Great Yearning, a well-received memoir about her experiences of the first year of grief, and Unfinished, a novel about a widow who discovers that her beloved husband has many secrets. Pat is currently working on another book about grief from the perspective of the ninth year.